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Scott Reeves Named to Advisory Council of National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

Posted: 17th May 2013

Scott Reeves, PhD, director of the Center for Innovation in Interprofessional Education at UC San Francisco, has been named to the National Advisory Council of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. Reeves is among other higher education and health system leaders tapped to incubate innovative ideas, define...

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Call open for individual round of Teaching Development Grants

Posted: 17th May 2013

The latest round of the HEA's Teaching Development Grants opened on May 10th. Up to £7,000 of funding is available for projects that enhance the student learning and teaching experience. Individuals from institutions across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to apply for the money to aid...

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New collaborative project to identify methods of effective working for all care homes

Posted: 17th May 2013

Improving the delivery of existing NHS services to care homes is the focus of a new collaborative project led by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire and funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme. The three year study will look at...

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Interprofessional Education for Collaboration Learning How to Improve Health from Interprofessional Models across the Continuum of Education to Practice Workshop Summary. Report the IOM's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education.

Posted: 17th May 2013

In 2012, the global forum held its first two workshops, focusing on linkages between Interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice. The workshops set the stage for defining and understanding IPE and provided living histories of speakers from around the world who shared experiences working in and between Interprofessional education...

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National partners make commitment to join up health and social care

Posted: 17th May 2013

In the first ever system-wide ‘shared commitment’, the Department of Health announced that 12 of the national leaders of health and care have signed up to a series of commitments on how they will help local areas integrate services. NHS England is one of the key national partners in...

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The Department of Health has issued a Press release about the Government's Care Bill to give people peace of mind in hospital, care homes and their own homes

Posted: 13th May 2013

Measures set out in the Care Bill, published today, 10 May, in Parliament will ensure that people will be treated more compassionately in hospital, see their care better joined up and be reassured that they will not have to pay astronomical care costs if they need to go into...

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